Chapter 35 why do i feel tired

The quality of a job is measured not by how tired you are, but by how untired you are. Here's an amazing and very important fact: Just using your brain won't make you feel tired.It sounds ridiculous, but a few years ago, scientists tried to understand how long the human brain could work without suffering "lower energy," the scientific definition of fatigue.To the astonishment of these scientists, they found that the blood passing through the cells of the brain in action showed no sign of fatigue; but if you draw blood from the veins of a man at work, you will find that the blood is full of " fatigue toxins” and all kinds of waste.If you pump blood from Einstein's brain, you won't produce any "fatigue toxins" even after a full day.

If only talking about the human brain, it "works just as fast and efficiently after 8 hours or even 12 hours" as it did when it started, the brain never tires at all... so what makes you tired Woolen cloth? Psychotherapists believe that much of the fatigue we feel is caused by mental and emotional factors.The famous British psychoanalyst J.A. Heidfeld said in his book "The Psychology of Power": "Most of the fatigue we feel is caused by psychological influences. In fact, purely by Physical causes of fatigue are rare." A well-known American psychoanalyst, Dr. Blair, said in more detail.He said: "A man who sits and works, if he is in good health, his fatigue is entirely psychological, that is, influenced by emotional factors."

What are the psychological factors that affect people who sit at work and make them feel tired?Is it happy?Are you satisfied?Neither, absolutely not!It's boredom, remorse, a sense of being unappreciated, of being useless, of being too rushed, anxious, worried—these are the psychological factors that cause fatigue in those who sit and work.These can make him prone to colds, lower his work performance, and give him nervous headaches when he comes home.Yes, we get tired because our emotions strain our bodies. The MetLife Insurance Company, in particular, points this out in a pamphlet on fatigue: "Difficult work in itself seldom produces fatigue that cannot be eliminated by adequate rest . . . only worry, nervousness, and restlessness The Three Factors of Fatigue. Fatigue that we usually think of as the result of worrying and exertion can actually be attributed to all three...Remember! You should relax your tense muscles, relax your working muscles, Reserve your physical strength for greater responsibilities."

Please stop, stop now!Check yourself: When you read these lines, are you still frowning?Do you feel a pressure between your eyes?Are you sitting relaxed in your chair?Or shrug your shoulders?Are the muscles in your face tense?Unless your whole body is relaxed like an old rag doll, you are now tensing your nerves and muscles and creating fatigue for you. Why do we also have this unnecessary tension when we are doing mental work?Mr. Ke Xihuai said: "I found that the main reason... is that almost everyone believes that the more difficult the job, the more pressure there must be, otherwise the results will not be good enough." Therefore, we concentrate on When the time comes, he frowns, shrugs his shoulders, and lets all the muscles "strength".In fact, doing so does not help our thinking at all.

What should I do if I encounter this kind of mental fatigue?Remember, be sure to relax!Relax!Relax again!Learn to relax while working. Is this easy to do?No, probably you'll have to undo the habits of your life to make it happen.But it's worth the effort, because it can revolutionize your life.William James said in his essay "On Relaxing the Emotions": "Excessive tension, restlessness, anxiety, and tense and distressed expressions ... are all bad habits, bad habits outright." Nervousness is a habit, Relaxation is also a habit. Bad habits should be changed and good ones should be cultivated.

How can we relax?Do you start with your mind, or your nerves?Neither.You should relax your muscles first. Let me tell you what to do: read this paragraph first, starting with your eyes.When you're done reading, lean your head back and close your eyes.Then say silently to your eyes, "Relax, relax, don't be tense! Don't frown! Relax, relax!" Repeat this slowly and again for a minute... Have you ever noticed that after a few seconds, the muscles of your eyes begin to obey your commands?Do you feel that there is an invisible hand driving away these tense emotions.Oh, it may seem unbelievable, but you have tried all the keys and secrets of the art of emotional relaxation in this one minute.You can relax your face muscles, your head, your shoulders, your whole body in the same way.But your eyes are the most important organ in your body.Dr. Edmond Jacobson of the University of Chicago once said that if you can completely relax your eye muscles, you can forget all your worries.The reason why the eyes are so important in relieving nervous tension is that they consume a quarter of the energy emitted by the whole body.This is why many people with good eyesight often feel "eye tension" because they themselves make the eyes tense.

The female writer Vicki Baum, who is famous for writing novels, once said that when she was a child, she met an old man who taught her the most important lesson in her life.On one occasion, she fell, broke her knee and sprained her wrist.When the old man who used to be a clown in the circus helped her up and dusted her off, the old man said: "The reason why you get bruised is because you don't know how to relax yourself. You should pretend that you are soft." Like a sock, like a worn sock. Come, I'll show you how." The old man taught Vicki Baum and the other children how to run, how to jump, how to do somersaults, and kept telling them, "Think of yourself as an old sock, and you can relax."

You can relax anytime, anywhere, just don't put too much effort into it.The so-called relaxation is to eliminate all tension and pressure, and only think of comfort and relaxation.At the beginning, think about how to relax the muscles of your eyes and face, and keep saying to yourself: "Relax! Relax! Relax! Relax!" Feel your physical strength being released by your facial muscles. Walk to the center of your body.Be yourself like a child, without any tense feelings. This is also the method used by the famous soprano singer Carrie Gucci.Helen Gibson told me how often he saw Carrie Gucci sitting in a chair before a performance, relaxing all her muscles and dislocating her jaw.This method is very good - it can keep her from feeling too nervous when she is performing on stage, and it can also prevent fatigue at the same time.

Here are five tips to teach you how to relax yourself: 1. See some good books on the subject - Eliminate Nervous Tension by Dr. David Harrow Fink.I also recommend that you read Why Are You Tired? by Daniel Jocelyn. ". 2. Relax yourself at any time, making your body as soft as an old sock.When I was working, I used to keep an old auburn sock on my desk as a reminder that I should relax.If you can't find an old sock, a cat will do just as well.Have you ever hugged a cat napping in the sun?When you pick it up, its sagging head is like wet newspaper.Indian yoga also teaches you that if you want to relax, you should visit cats more often.If you can relax yourself like a cat, you can probably avoid these problems.

3. Adopt a posture that makes you comfortable when you work.Remember, physical tension creates shoulder pain and mental fatigue. 4. Do self-examination 5 times a day, ask yourself: "Am I making my work heavier than it is? Am I using muscles that have nothing to do with my work?" Helps you develop a good habit of relaxation.As Dr. David Harrow Funk said: "Those who know psychology best know that two-thirds of tiredness is habitual." 5. Do another self-examination every night, asking yourself: "How tired am I? If I feel tired, it's not because I'm working too hard, but because I'm doing things the wrong way." "I count my own The grades," says Daniel Joslin, "are not how tired I am at the end of the day, but how not tired I am." When I feel particularly poor in spirit, I have no problem knowing that I have not done enough work in the day, either in quality or quantity. If every man in business could learn this, then by The rate of death from disease caused by nervous tension would soon decrease, and there would be no more nervous breakdowns from fatigue and anxiety in our sanitariums.